a) Is it just me or is this very much like QuickBooks and Intaact accounting / financial management software?

b) Balzz? I was wondering where he was and what he was up to.

c) Uh yeah, that packaging needs work. What direction did you have in mind or are you a blank slate on that right now?

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A) I like QuickBooks, but it's much different than that program. It's a melding of things I worked on for the past few years. It keeps track of customers, employees, basic accounting, products, services, etc. I've seen total and utter shit out there sell for $10,000. This program is going to be better than that, at a fraction of the price. I wouldn't compare this to shrink rapped software you'd find on the store shelf. I'm flexible enough to add more features, IF it would make the program better.

B) No. Not Balzz. Although he's very good at what he does. It's some other person who has been fantastic thus far.

C) I like making software, but the packaging and marketing is going to be real tough. Well, I'm going to a print shop today to find out what I can do. The CD is smaller than the standard size. I was thinking about buying Game Cube boxes, and just use them. I'm still not sure.

I have absolutely no product logo. Just the text "SB-X" with my company logo. I'm extremely open to any image ideas.

you need a better name too.... I can't tell what the hell it is from the name. i can only guess from the screenshots. What makes this any better than what's alreadu available as shareware/freeware or advanced products like the quicken/money line?

Yes you need a logo. This will allow several things:
1. A logo to put on your packaging which will take up a lot of room and allow customers to identify it easily as your product.
2. A logo to use as an icon so customers can easily identify the shortcut to your program on their desktop.
3. A logo to use as an icon for when they are running their program.

you need a better name too.... I can't tell what the hell it is from the name. i can only guess from the screenshots. What makes this any better than what's alreadu available as shareware/freeware or advanced products like the quicken/money line?

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Ahhh.. I was expecting this type of answer from OT.

The name stays. Do you know what Quicken was by the name? Well, over time you do, but initially you don't.

Also, this is not some third rate piece of shit program or some store shelf shrink rapped program. This is not a quicken/money program. It's a full AMS, contacts database, employee management, tech support, and a lot more. I'm sure you're of the attitude of "hey, someone else has a program out there like this, why bother", which is a horrible, horrible attitude to have. A lot of business need a system like this. Example: Honda called me up 2 weeks after I got my car. The dealership said that they had a great deal on a Honda Civic. I told them I bought one already. Oh. <hangs up phone>. Part of the customer contact information is not just data, but also history/transactions. Call a customer up, and click on contact history. From the drop down box, you can select what type of contact type this (phone, email, fax, ect) and the notes. So, another one of your workers pulls up this customer, and can clearly see that they were called recently. It's all about organizing what you have. This is just the very tip of the ice berg. Working smarter, not harder. I'm sure a lot people will be pissed off that I gave you a full reply instead of a short one sentence answer.

Yes you need a logo. This will allow several things:
1. A logo to put on your packaging which will take up a lot of room and allow customers to identify it easily as your product.
2. A logo to use as an icon so customers can easily identify the shortcut to your program on their desktop.
3. A logo to use as an icon for when they are running their program.

what ever happened to the diabetes program, or was that someone elses program?

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I put it on hold. Now that's a market dieing for a high-end application. I've seen everything out there, and it's pretty scary. No one cares about the Diabetic people. Too many DOS and crappy win programs out there. I'd love to make the Diabetic program, but I need to stick with paying projects first.